politics
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Good and the Voyeurs of Violence
The first time I saw images of children locked and stored in cages I had to close my eyes, but it was too late for the pictures had seared themselves to the level of conscience. It was my country that… Continue reading
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Good, Justice, Private Passion and Public Compassion
Justice in America right now is being preserved and administered by the judges of America. The Department of Justice this nation was initially charged with support and service as oversight and peer review of the judge’s work but has been… Continue reading
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Good, Faith, and The Dangerous Triangle of Efficacy, Fame, and Power
Faith is something hard to define but it is a force far deeper than blind adherence to dogma or human authority. For this Posting, faith is the fuel for the courage to live as a human being; nothing more than… Continue reading
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Good , Ungrounded and the Secular Ecumenical Virtues
Growing up in our divided country is a numbing challenge for both today’s youth and young adults. The current government is busy trashing the language of virtue, disdaining ethics, and simply ignoring morality. Our leadership is promoting pragmatism, and purely… Continue reading
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Good, Vocation, and Reflections from Life’s Last Stage
It is getting more difficult for this writer for this Project to write to the young about life. I am in the last stage of life where my younger person’s strategy has been reduced by the gift of extended time… Continue reading
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Good and Standing in a Long Line for Justice
If there were to be a fund to compensate people for the weaponization of justice I am pretty sure the folks who trashed and desecrated the Nation’s capital, or participated in the deaths of the police officers defending this beautiful… Continue reading
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Good and Negotiating Victory in a War Already Lost
Throwing the dice may work in a Casino once in a while, but it is not a good idea in the world of geopolitics. The average Iranian has certainly been a loser in this war when you consider the dice… Continue reading
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Good, Universal Moral Distress, and a Wide Diverse World
I was informed by the website provider that this project called The Good Decision has just passed being viewed in 50 plus nations. This comes as a surprise for as you may know as a reader, this is a pretty… Continue reading
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Good, Wise Humor and Lowway Robbery
“A billion here and a billion there and pretty soon you are talking about real money” “I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.” Everett Dirksen former US… Continue reading
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Good and Titrating Shame for Oneself and a Nation
In making good decisions, an important indicator that the next move you are making is going to be harmful or at least bad for you and most likely others is the sense of shame. Shame, like anger is a short… Continue reading